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Build Manhattan, Miami, QQ, and locuszoom-style regional plots from GWAS, TWAS, PWAS, and QTL summary statistics with correct genomic-inflation diagnostics, multi-trait overlays, lead-SNP labeling, and LD-aware regional rendering. Use when visualizing association results across the genome, comparing two traits…
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Build publication-quality figures with matplotlib using the object-oriented Figure/Axes API, constrainedlayout, rcParams customization, TrueType (Type-42) font embedding for journal submission, and CVD-safe palettes. Covers seaborn integration, common chart types, axis formatting, and the small gotchas that…
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Compose multi-panel publication figures with patchwork, cowplot, gridExtra (R), or matplotlib GridSpec/subfigures (Python) including shared axes/legends/guides collection, panel labels in Nature/Cell convention, and journal-spec sizing. Covers patchwork ≥1.2.0 axes='collect' feature, Type-42 font embedding, and the…
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Visualize biological networks (PPI, gene-regulatory, co-expression, pathway) with layout algorithm choice (ForceAtlas2, Fruchterman-Reingold, Kamada-Kawai, hive plots), edge bundling, community-based coloring, and reproducible seeds using NetworkX, PyVis, igraph, and Cytoscape automation. Use when rendering biological…
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Build OncoPrint and co-mutation matrix plots from somatic-variant cohorts using ComplexHeatmap, maftools, and comut.py with alteration-type stacking, sample ordering by mutational burden, mutual-exclusivity overlays, and clinical annotation tracks. Use when visualizing per-sample mutation patterns across recurrent…
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Build sequence logos from aligned DNA, RNA, or protein motifs using ggseqlogo (R), Logomaker (Python), or WebLogo with explicit bits vs probability encoding, background-frequency correction, custom alphabets, and multi-logo stacking. Use when visualizing motif PWMs (TF binding, splice sites, CRISPR spacers)…
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Add p-value brackets, significance asterisks, and effect-size annotations to distribution plots using ggpubr, ggsignif, and statannotations with correct test selection (parametric vs non-parametric vs paired), multiple-testing adjustment, and rendering of negative results. Use when a boxplot/violin/raincloud needs…
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Build UpSet plots to visualize set intersections beyond 4 sets (where Venn fails) using ComplexUpset (modern, ggplot2-grammar) or the unmaintained UpSetR, with explicit cardinality vs degree sorting, attribute panels, and query highlighting. Use when comparing overlap across many gene sets, peak sets, variant lists…
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Build volcano and MA plots from differential-expression / association results with LFC shrinkage, FDR-adjusted thresholds, sensible label placement, and axis-truncation conventions. Covers EnhancedVolcano, ggplot2, matplotlib, and the apeglm/ashr/normal shrinkage decision. Use when visualizing differential-expression…
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Download large datasets from NCBI efficiently using EPost, history server, batching, rate limiting, and retry logic. Use when bulk-fetching tens of thousands of sequences, pulling all results of a large ESearch, designing reproducible pipelines, comparing E-utilities to NCBI Datasets v2 CLI, or implementing…
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Bulk-query Ensembl BioMart (and other BioMart instances) for cross-database ID mapping, gene/transcript/exon coordinates, and ortholog tables. Use when batch-converting Ensembl IDs to other namespaces (HGNC, RefSeq, UniProt, Entrez), pulling gene coordinate tables for thousands of genes, building ortholog wide-tables…
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Run remote BLAST searches against NCBI servers using Biopython Bio.Blast.NCBIWWW. Use when identifying unknown sequences, finding homologs, picking the correct BLAST program (blastn/blastp/blastx/tblastn/tblastx/psiblast/megablast/dc-megablast), interpreting Karlin-Altschul E-values, avoiding the maxtargetseqs trap…
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Query the Ensembl REST API for gene/transcript/protein lookup, sequence retrieval, comparative genomics (Compara), variant effect prediction (VEP), regulatory features, and cross-species ortholog/paralog calls. Use when pulling Ensembl-native data (Ensembl Gene IDs, version-pinned releases, archive endpoints for…
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Retrieve records from NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (EFetch, ESummary). Use when downloading sequences, fetching GenBank/GenPept records, getting document summaries, parsing nested XML, navigating GI deprecation, choosing between rettype+retmode combinations, and parsing into Biopython SeqRecord/SwissProt…
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Find cross-database references between NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (ELink). Use when navigating gene to protein/structure, sequence to publication, PubMed to GEO, BioProject to SRA runs, or discovering all link relationships for a record. Covers linkname semantics, cmd= variants, asymmetric link…
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Search NCBI databases using Biopython Bio.Entrez (ESearch, EInfo, EGQuery, ESpell). Use when finding records by keyword, building reproducible field-qualified queries, navigating the Entrez Query Translator, exploiting the history server for large result sets, handling retmax caps, or interpreting weekly index lag.…
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Query and download from NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and EMBL-EBI's BioStudies/ArrayExpress mirror. Use when finding expression datasets, navigating SuperSeries vs SubSeries, choosing between series-matrix (submitter-normalized) and raw supplementary files, downloading via GEOparse (Python) or GEOquery…
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Query protein-protein and gene interaction databases (STRING, BioGRID, IntAct, SIGNOR, Reactome, HuRI, HuMAP, OmniPath, ConsensusPathDB, DIP). Use when building PPI networks, choosing between physical vs functional vs genetic interactions, signed/directed vs undirected, high-throughput vs curated, picking confidence…
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Build local BLAST databases and run searches using NCBI BLAST+ command-line tools. Use when running >50 queries, building custom databases with -parseseqids and -taxid, downloading prebuilt NCBI databases via updateblastdb.pl, choosing -task variants (megablast/dc-megablast/blastn/blastn-short), tuning soft/hard…
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Download genome assemblies, gene records, and ortholog data from NCBI using the modern Datasets v2 CLI (replaces assemblysummary.txt scraping and many EFetch workflows). Use when bulk-pulling genome assemblies, gene metadata across species, ortholog sets, or BLAST databases; when E-utilities are too slow for…
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Detect distant homologs using profile and structure-aware methods that go beyond standard BLAST. Use when sequence identity falls into the twilight zone (<35% pairwise), when BLAST fails to find homologs that should exist, when working at metagenomic scale (DIAMOND, MMseqs2), or when structure beats sequence…
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Download raw sequencing reads from NCBI SRA using sra-tools (prefetch, fasterq-dump, vdb-validate) or the ENA mirror. Use when pulling FASTQ for SRR/ERR/DRR accessions, deciding between SRA-direct, ENA mirror, or AWS/GCP cloud mirror (STRIDES), handling --include-technical for 10x and other single-cell records…
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Query UniProt's REST API (post-2022 endpoint at rest.uniprot.org) for protein sequences, annotations, GO terms, cross-references, ID mappings, and proteomes. Use when fetching UniProtKB entries, navigating the JSON schema, choosing between UniProtKB/UniRef/UniParc/Proteomes resources, deciding stream vs search…
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Extracts, filters, annotates, and exports differential expression results from DESeq2 or edgeR with proper handling of padj=NA (independent filtering, Cook's outliers, all-zero), multiple-testing correction choice (BH vs Storey q-value vs IHW vs lfsr), TREAT vs post-hoc fold-change filtering, p-value histogram…
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